/teə/ vt.1.(demolish)to tear sth down or to tear down sth
+ building, statue拆毁；拆除
They'll be tearing the building down sooner or later.他们迟早会拆除这座楼。
Angry Russians may have torn down the statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky.愤怒的俄国人可能已经拆毁了费利克斯·捷尔任斯基的雕像。
2.(remove roughly)to tear sth down or to tear down sth
+ picture用力扯下；撕扯
He tore down the girl's photograph, and crumpled it into a ball.他撕下女孩的照片, 把它揉成了一团。